Hanerot halalu by
Chazzan Duque, c.a. 1938. Chazzan
Simon van (son of) David Duque was named to his post after a heated
election in 1923. He had a beautiful, forceful and musical voice which perfectly
fitted the large esnoga. He was born in Amsterdam on 14 March 1897 and died
in Dachau, Germany, on 19 January 1945.

Megillaht Esther (Complete recording,
33MB).
It's our custom to start reading the Megillah some 20 minutes before tzeit hakochavim, so that the chazzan reads the first words of chapter 6 (בלילה
ההוא) at night. The reason is probably to avoid
lengthening the fast more then necessary. Of course, this is not the the
case when the Megillah is read on motzei Shabbat.